Word: thins
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...piece of human garbage that Peter Lempert is given to play, and, with the exception of a number of scenes where he is just a bit too hysterical, he plays them well. Despite the fact that Dustin Hoffman popularized the role, Lempert's Zoditch is so real, with his thin face, his pointed nose, his beady little eyes, and a body and limbs that curl and twist like those of a man old before his time, that it is virtually impossible to imagine anyone else in the part. What Lempert does best is comedy, and, though Zoditch is pathetic, Lempert...
...improved, astronomers saw enough to become increasingly convinced that most planets were inhospitable to life. Yet Mars continued to provoke serious speculation, largely because it showed so many characteristics that seemed fascinatingly similar to those of earth. The red planet turned out to have an atmosphere, albeit an extremely thin one. The tilt of its axis (about 24°) is approximately the same as the earth's, thus creating seasonal changes. Its huge white polar caps suggest the presence of ice, and therefore water-a prerequisite for life as human beings know it. It also has large dark areas...
...seeking answers, we plan to clarify and explore man's long-ignored physical dependence on the biosphere -earth's thin envelope of air, water and soil in which life exists. Almost every week now brings new warnings of impending ecological upsets within our planet's infinitely interdependent chain of life processes: certain birds becoming extinct, hauls of inedible fish, mysterious animal sickness. Environment will tackle, for example, the effects of such forms of pollution as DDT pesticides and radioactive waste, chemical fertilizers and hot water from nuclear power reactors; it will explore the cacophony of modern noises...
...sufficiently apprized the audience of a certain weakness in the area of intonation on the part of the first violinist, his opening phrase in the Menuetto was positively horrid. Here I pause to remark that throughout the evening Alexander Schneider played badly out of tune and with a thin, unpleasant sound. I cannot either explain or excuse such playing as no other member of the ensemble was so afflicted. His ear-jarring performance marred much of the concert of the audience...
Excitement is rather thin this year in the horse racing world. There are no handicap stars to speak of since the retirement of Dr. Fager last fall. The two year old ranks have produced to juvenile of outstanding speed...